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How to Reinforce Wire Mesh Plastic Supports

Gardeners often use woven-wire metal mesh to ward off pests and support vine plants such as tomatoes. Despite the advantages, woven-wire metal mesh resists bending and is hard to work with. Concrete-reinforcing wire mesh, on the other hand, has the strength to stand up to the elements and also bends easily, making it a user-friendly alternative. Constructing a wire mesh wall with this material necessarily includes plastic bundling straps and other materials for reinforcement.

Things You'll Need

  • Plastic bundling strap
  • Steel T-posts
  • Sledge hammer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Lay two sheets of concrete-reinforcing wire mesh side by side and attach them together with plastic bundling straps. Attach a strap at the top and the bottom. Fasten the straps as tightly as possible.

    • 2

      Stand the wire mesh in a vertical position and place it in the location you want to install the mesh. Weave a steel T-post through the wire mesh next to the plastic bundling strap support.

    • 3

      Hammer the T-post into the ground with a sledge hammer. Continue until the post stands firmly in the ground. Grab the post and shake it with your hand to test how well the post resists the movement. A post inserted properly should not move.

    • 4

      Attach the T-post to the concrete-reinforcing wire mesh using a plastic bundling strap. Again, tie as tightly as possible. This reinforces the bond made by the bundling strap, holding the two wire mesh sheets together through the additional support of the post standing firmly in the ground.

    • 5

      Repeat steps 1 though 4, continually adding new wire mesh sheets until you create a properly sized wire mesh fence for your purposes.